Title: Default Widget Removal
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Default Widget Removal

 *  [tvanacke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvanacke/)
 * (@tvanacke)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-removal/)
 * Does anybody know how to remove the text in the right column that reads “This
   is just a default widget. It’ll disappear as soon as you add your own widgets
   on the Widgets admin page.” I don’t want to add a widget there, I want it to 
   be blank. Any thoughts?

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 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-removal/#post-4781784)
 * Which theme are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [tvanacke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvanacke/)
 * (@tvanacke)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-removal/#post-4781785)
 * Matheson, any ideas?
 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-removal/#post-4781826)
 * The theme developer has some information about that text:
 * [https://themes.bavotasan.com/documentation/why-are-there-widgets-in-my-sidebar/](https://themes.bavotasan.com/documentation/why-are-there-widgets-in-my-sidebar/)
 * You could edit the theme templates in a child theme to remove the hard coded 
   text.
 *  Thread Starter [tvanacke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvanacke/)
 * (@tvanacke)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-removal/#post-4781982)
 * thanks for helping me out. by chance would you be able to walk me through doing
   something like that?
 * _[please start only one topic per problem; continue at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-text-removal?replies=1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-text-removal?replies=1)]_

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [tvanacke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvanacke/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-widget-removal/#post-4781982)
 * Status: not resolved

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